Ohio businesses are beginning to open this month. Retail stores (including retail stores at Polaris Mall) were allowed to open May 12. Ohio restaurants will be allowed to open for outdoor dining on May 15 and indoor dining on May 21. I believe that this means that the Polaris Mall food court will open on May 21 (not in time for our originally scheduled May 17 tournament).

My current plan is to take a wait and see approach toward restarting in-person tournaments again. We may be able to carefully start in-person tournaments again in June or July. If you have a chance to visit the food court in the next few weeks, feel free to email me your impressions of the mall and/or food court.

13 players attended the first tournament of the new year. Chris Yep won the tournament, defeating Mike Rezai in the Main bracket final. Jon Stephens won the Consolation, defeating Edwin Jones in the Consolation final.

The full tournament bracket for January can be found here. The current Masters Points standings can be found here. Thank you again to all who came out to play and congratulations to our January winners:

The next tournament will be held on February 9. Similar to the February 2018 and February 2019 tournaments, the February 2020 tournament will be a special tournament with an extra side pool ($60) donated by the US Backgammon Federation (USBGF) exclusively for USBGF members. Check back here for more details.

Congratulations to the 2019 Columbus Backgammon Club Player of the Year, Chris Yep! Chris won the annual points race with 534 Masters Points. His closest challengers were Maron Cury (366 points) and Trevor Dierkes (347 points).

A list of previous top-3 annual results (2012-2019) can now be found here.

11 players attended the final tournament of the year. Jon Stephens won the tournament, defeating Trevor Dierkes in the Main bracket final. Joe Calvaruso won the Consolation, defeating Maron Cury in the Consolation final.

The full tournament bracket for December can be found here. The current Masters Points standings can be found here. Thank you again to all who came out to play and congratulations to our December winners:

11 players came out for the November tournament. Maron Cury won four matches in a row to win the tournament, defeating Trevor Dierkes in the Main bracket final. Dale Berlin won the Consolation, defeating John Baron in the Consolation final.

The full tournament bracket for November can be found here. The current Masters Points standings can be found here. Thank you again to all who came out to play and congratulations to our November winners:

Nine players attended the October tournament. Chris Yep won the tournament, defeating David Steinberg in the Main Bracket final. John Baron won the Consolation, defeating Dale Berlin in the Consolation final.

The full tournament bracket for October can be found here. The current Masters Points standings can be found here. Thank you again to all who came out to play and congratulations to our October winners:

Our normal playing location in the Food Court is near the Upper Level parking lot entrance near Dick’s Sporting Goods/Field & Stream (Parking lots 4A, 4B, or 4C). We meet by a group of TVs in the center of the food court halfway between Chick-fil-A and The Daily Growler.

Join us for lunch/dinner before events and socialize with your fellow players!